CENTRAL NEW YORK – Right as September ended, the Cazenovia girls tennis team began what it hoped to be a long run through the Section III Class C team tournament.
As the no. 7 seed in a 10-team field, the Lakers had to go through a first-round match last Friday against no. 10 seed Manlius Pebble Hill, a team it narrowly beat 4-3 earlier in the month.
With the winner advancing to face no. 2 seed Lowville in the quarterfinals early this week, the Lakers completely leaned on its doubles teams to again prevail 4-3 and keep its season alive.
Neither Madden Cobb nor Kiana Vazquez earned a game in their singles matches and the other was forfeited, so it was up to doubles – which never dropped a set.
Rachel Molloy and Leah Bell got it started, beating Rose Fallon and Fariel Migeed 6-1, 6-3, while Erin Kuhn and Grace Probe took a bit longer, but topped Ruby Butler and Sabrina Loop 6-1, 6-4.
Also in two sets, Nora Berg and Ava Galton won 6-4, 6-0 over Amy Walsh and Molly Tracy as Katie Williams and Cady Webb clinched it beating Jenn He and Schuyler King 6-2, 6-1.
This followed a match Thursday between Cazenovia and Chittenango where, in single-set races to 10 games, the Lakers prevailed 5-2 over the Bears.
All three singles matches when in Cazenovia’s favor as Cobb shut out Maddy Douglas 10-0, Probe handled Evelynn Keville 10-1 and Molloy got a 10-4 win over Sarah McKillid.
Chittenango earned both points in doubles, where Savannah Drake and Anna Spencer blanked Kuhn and Williams 10-0, along with a forfeit.
The Lakers countered with Berg and Galton getting past Emily Gushea and Jeannie Gomez 10-2, with Bell and Webb winning 10-4 over Sophia Turner and Anna Chatwin.
